Bible Cross References
Wherefore
Deuteronomy 29:24
Then the whole world will ask, 'Why did the LORD do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?'
Psalm 74:1
Why have you abandoned us like this, O God? Will you be angry with your own people forever?
Psalm 74:11
Why have you refused to help us? Why do you keep your hands behind you?
Isaiah 50:1
The LORD says, "Do you think I sent my people away like a man who divorces his wife? Where, then, are the papers of divorce? Do you think I sold you into captivity like a man who sells his children as slaves? No, you went away captive because of your sins; you were sent away because of your crimes.
Isaiah 58:3
The people ask, "Why should we fast if the LORD never notices? Why should we go without food if he pays no attention?" The LORD says to them, "The truth is that at the same time you fast, you pursue your own interests and oppress your workers.
Let us
1 Samuel 14:18
"Bring the ephod here," Saul said to Ahijah the priest. (On that day Ahijah was carrying it in front of the people of Israel.)
Numbers 31:6
Moses sent them to war under the command of Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took charge of the sacred objects and the trumpets for giving signals.
Joshua 6:4
Seven priests, each carrying a trumpet, are to go in front of the Covenant Box. On the seventh day you and your soldiers are to march around the city seven times while the priests blow the trumpets.
Joshua 6:5
Then they are to sound one long note. As soon as you hear it, all the people are to give a loud shout, and the city walls will collapse. Then the whole army will go straight into the city."
2 Samuel 15:25
Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the Covenant Box back to the city. If the LORD is pleased with me, some day he will let me come back to see it and the place where it stays.
Isaiah 1:11-15
11
He says, "Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.
12
Who asked you to bring me all this when you come to worship me? Who asked you to do all this tramping around in my Temple?
13
It's useless to bring your offerings. I am disgusted with the smell of the incense you burn. I cannot stand your New Moon Festivals, your Sabbaths, and your religious gatherings; they are all corrupted by your sins.
14
I hate your New Moon Festivals and holy days; they are a burden that I am tired of bearing.
15
"When you lift your hands in prayer, I will not look at you. No matter how much you pray, I will not listen, for your hands are covered with blood.
Jeremiah 7:4
Stop believing those deceitful words, 'We are safe! This is the LORD's Temple, this is the LORD's Temple, this is the LORD's Temple!'
Jeremiah 7:8-15
8
"Look, you put your trust in deceitful words.
9
You steal, murder, commit adultery, tell lies under oath, offer sacrifices to Baal, and worship gods that you had not known before.
10
You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, 'We are safe!'
11
Do you think that my Temple is a hiding place for robbers? I have seen what you are doing.
12
Go to Shiloh, the first place where I chose to be worshiped, and see what I did to it because of the sins of my people Israel.
13
You have committed all these sins, and even though I spoke to you over and over again, you refused to listen. You would not answer when I called you.
14
And so, what I did to Shiloh I will do to this Temple of mine, in which you trust. Here in this place that I gave to your ancestors and you, I will do the same thing that I did to Shiloh.
15
I will drive you out of my sight as I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Matthew 3:9
And don't think you can escape punishment by saying that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!
Matthew 3:10
The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.
the ark
Numbers 10:33
When the people left Sinai, the holy mountain, they traveled three days. The LORD's Covenant Box always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp.
Deuteronomy 31:26
"Take this book of God's Law and place it beside the Covenant Box of the LORD your God, so that it will remain there as a witness against his people.
Joshua 4:7
you will tell them that the water of the Jordan stopped flowing when the LORD's Covenant Box crossed the river. These stones will always remind the people of Israel of what happened here."
1 Chronicles 17:1
King David was now living in his palace. One day he sent for the prophet Nathan and said to him, "Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but the LORD's Covenant Box is kept in a tent!"
Jeremiah 3:16
Then when you have become numerous in that land, people will no longer talk about my Covenant Box. They will no longer think about it or remember it; they will not even need it, nor will they make another one.
Hebrews 9:4
In it were the gold altar for the burning of incense and the Covenant Box all covered with gold and containing the gold jar with the manna in it, Aaron's stick that had sprouted leaves, and the two stone tablets with the commandments written on them.
it may save
Jeremiah 7:8-11
8
"Look, you put your trust in deceitful words.
9
You steal, murder, commit adultery, tell lies under oath, offer sacrifices to Baal, and worship gods that you had not known before.
10
You do these things I hate, and then you come and stand in my presence, in my own Temple, and say, 'We are safe!'
11
Do you think that my Temple is a hiding place for robbers? I have seen what you are doing.
Amos 5:21
The LORD says, "I hate your religious festivals; I cannot stand them!
Amos 5:22
When you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not accept the animals you have fattened to bring me as offerings.
Matthew 23:25-28
25
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You clean the outside of your cup and plate, while the inside is full of what you have gotten by violence and selfishness.
26
Blind Pharisee! Clean what is inside the cup first, and then the outside will be clean too!
27
"How terrible for you, teachers of the Law and Pharisees! You hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside.
28
In the same way, on the outside you appear good to everybody, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and sins.
Romans 2:28
After all, who is a real Jew, truly circumcised? It is not the man who is a Jew on the outside, whose circumcision is a physical thing.
Romans 2:29
Rather, the real Jew is the person who is a Jew on the inside, that is, whose heart has been circumcised, and this is the work of God's Spirit, not of the written Law. Such a person receives praise from God, not from human beings.
1 Corinthians 10:1-5
1
I want you to remember, my friends, what happened to our ancestors who followed Moses. They were all under the protection of the cloud, and all passed safely through the Red Sea.
2
In the cloud and in the sea they were all baptized as followers of Moses.
3
All ate the same spiritual bread
4
and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself.
5
But even then God was not pleased with most of them, and so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert.
2 Timothy 3:5
they will hold to the outward form of our religion, but reject its real power. Keep away from such people.
1 Peter 3:21
which was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. It saves you through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Jude 1:5
For even though you know all this, I want to remind you of how the Lord once rescued the people of Israel from Egypt, but afterward destroyed those who did not believe.